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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 3.
■e^UHHHHHHHHHHHHH
no. :;<;
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Tl e Farn ers Instil I in The city of New Dim is mak-
Pierz Last Tu day, conducted ing* preparations to commemor-
by J. J. S of Zumbro ate the fiftieth anniversary of
Palls, Frank Gibbs oi M rriam the Indian Massacre. It was in
Park, and Ta. 1). Staples of St. the summer of 1862 when the
Cloud, was a good one. . "Indian Outbreak" occured and
The attendance was not as hundreds of unsuspecting and
large as it might have been, but unprotected pale faces fell vic-
the enthusiasm and interest dis- tiins to the redmen's tomahawk.
played by those present, and Al that time there was a small
the number of discussions which settlement of whites opposite P.
followed tlie sp '■<■ it J. Oau's place in the town of
certain that the institute was Granite. A man by the name of
successful. The institute was Elwell had built a Hotel, saw-
attended largely by a class of mill and a number of other build-
farmers, who, in poll lie I par- ings in the fifties. During the
e, would be called "progres- general hostility of the Indians
sixes." • As a rule, men beyond in 1862, these early settlers
middle aye do not easily adapt feared an attack from the Mille
themselves to changing condi- Lacs Chippewas, and fled to a
ls. Their ideas, habits and , more densely populated country.
modes of thought are so firmly | Those of the abandoned build-
fixed that tl.ey cannot be dis- ings which were not destroyed
HAD THEY BUT KNOWN.
A fanner from the west side
S. A
FRITZ-30LLIi
Frit/, of Little Palls
and
recently brought a load of timo- Sophia Bollig, daughter of Mr.
thy to Little Falls, which, be- and Mrs. P.J. Bollig of Pier;*
cause it was cut a little late, he *«"« married by Rev. J. G.
offered to sell for the low price Stiegler last Monday morning.
of $6.00. As tlie hay was a tri- Mr. Fritz recently bought the
fie faded and was hard, he found Mueller restaurant in Little
no buyers. On his way home palls where the couple will
with his load of poor timothy, make their home.
he stopped long enough a; _-----------_-------------------_-------------■
neighbor's place to tell him his'
hard luck story. Only in his;
SCHOOL REPORT
by forest fires, were torn down
and made use of by our early
settlers about 1h7(). The cellar
of the Granite City Hotel can
still be seen across tlie road
from P. J. Gau's place.
placed by new C and
methods. They are like til
low from Missouri, who said;
"You'll have to show* mi
The speakers left on the ;■ I
noon train for Wahkon where
they held an institute Wed
*ay. | Karl Wetzel.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and Alfred M.
E. .1 Gust Sine' Palls were in Pierz last Tuesday
hit Thursday morning for John- jon business
son. Minn.
ed <a farm.
Monthly school report of Dis
neighbor did he find a man kind trict 92 ending February 16.
enough to take the stuff off his No. of days taught 20
hands. "Dump it off here at No. of pupils enrolled
the gate, I may be able to make Average daily attendance 17
use of it", said farmer No. 2, j Pupils being perfect lu atten-
Who, it is reported, threshed dance are: Adam Hohn. Edward
$64.00 worth of seed out of the Thielen, Philip Thielen, Anna
load. The story goes that farmer c Boser, Olivia Poser. Alfred
No. 1, is still turning the pages Bose|._ Jo)m HappkC) Henry
of his catalogues in the hope of Faust) j()Sl.pi, Paust) ij0retta
finding illustrations and prices ptLUsti Willie Froelich.
of powerful kicking machines. j Absent a day or less: There-
When Louis Steinkugler cut sia Boser. Minnie Froelich,
his patch of timothy last sum- Theresia Hohn, Anna Hohn.
mer, he left a small corner to Helena Thielen, Christina
ripen for seed. This was done Valentine.
NUMBER OF WOLVES KILLED 572 POWERiTI IMAGINATION.
Four hundred and seventy Christ Schlegel the Lastrup
two full grown wolves ami 100 joker was in the village Monday,
cubs have been killed in Minnc 11'- said lr Little
sota and state bounty claimed Falls several weeks ago when
on them, within the past three the mercury was in the
months. Warrants aggregating borhood of 40 h 0 the
s:;.-a*o in payment of the boun- way home the harsh north wind
ti.-., were sent out by State' blew with bitter breath aci
Auditor S. G. Iverson Saturday, the moonlit prairie. The wolfs
I .eltrami county leads the list. I long howl from the pine
with 79 full grown wolves and
22 cubs. Koochiching is second
with 71 full grown wolves: Polk
county is third with H wolves
and 28 cubs, and Stevens fourth
with 21 wolves and 12 cubs.
where E. J. has
SOUTH GRAM IE
Nick Gross and wife were visitor . at tlie John Gross' home
Sunday.
Mr. Charles Niss is a visitor
at John Dahmen's place.
Mr. Paul. Fred and Ursula
Dahmen, and Charles Niss
called on John Gross Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mike Preiglmeier visited Ursula Dahmen Thursday.
Miss Mary Nespore from Pier*.
visited at the home of Mike
Preiglmeier Saturday.
Charles Lust from Center Valley was a Pierz caller Monday.
Louis Schabel was a visitor at
Charles Lust's Friday.
Ed. Stuckmeyer and wife,
Ludwig, Annie and Lucy Cross
were visitors at Peter Wei den-
bach's last Tuesday evening.
Joe Kramer drove to Pierz
Tuesday.
State of Ohio, Oily of Toledo. J
Lucas County. \
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney .v Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County ami State afore-
! said, and that said firm will pay the
sua, of ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR'S
for ea;h and every case of catarrh tiial
cannot lie cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before m<' and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASOK,
Seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ami apt* dire.tly on tlie blood
and mucous surface; of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.O.
Sold by all Drvi^^ists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-
paton.
more to make a square cut with
the mower, than with the expect-;
L. W. Vasaly I ation of making any profit from1
Stoll of Little! the seed. The seed from tins
small patch brought him over
$100.00. Judging by the in
from this small patch, Louis estimates that his loss by cutting
his timothy for hay amounts to
nearly $1300. Louis, too, feels
like investing in a high-speed
kicking machine with gasoline
power attachment
DOEOTHY M. Hiff, Teacher.
For your Job Printing
call at the Journal.
WEST BUH.
C. H. Proper, the world's
medicine agent, was in this vicinity Monday.
First Financial Center.
The Bank of Venice, established in
1157, was the financial center of the
world; and when the Revival of Letters came, followed almost immediately by the invention of printing, it was
Venice that led the world in the output of books and the spread of intelligence.
Inference There Somewhere.
"I don't think my husband loves me
any more." "Why not?" "The other
day I said to him: 'John, if I should
^^H ^^^^^H ,- ,, I die would you get married again?' and
A large crowd ol young folks; he gajd he wo*ldn.t- ..-._* that all
LANE'S ACCiDcNT.
E.G. Lane of Little Falls last
Friday morning upset with a
load of pop just west of the village on the Little Falls road.
Many were the reports and
thundering,-; with accents terrible and 'tis said "the earth was
feverous and did shake," while
Rsally Interesting Item.
"A newspaper receives dally foi
publication," says, the Berliner Tage-
blatt, "a lot of stuff which has about
as much literary value as a laundry
slip. But occasionally something
comes along which, unknown to the
writer, is so funny that it sees the
light of publicity. Thus, a corres-
spondent calls attention to the fact
that the drama 'Royal Love,' which
was seen for the first time at the Gira
Theater, ls by Baron Rosenkranz,
who is a direct descendant of Rosenkranz and Guildenstern, known to the
world through Shakespeare."
Neglected Utopia.
Why is the earthly paradise unattractive? Everything that human ingenuity can do to make an ideal
dwelling place out of Australia haa
been done. It Is the Utopia from
which reformers drew their suggestions for improvements, and It exports to other lands more fads for
betterment than any other product
FOR SALE
The lots and house and
blacksmith shop in upper
town owned by the Nespori estate.jj
A. E. MACHO,
Administrator.
___________________________________________________Yet Australia, the source of plans for
a blue sulphurous vapor hung happiness to all the world, is sadly
over the scene of the calamity.; neglected by seekers after happiness,
It so happened that the writer
happened by on the New Pierz
road a short time after the
accident occurred, but from
—Detroit Free Press.
Wanted Harmony.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mrs. de Style—"Marie, I shall take
our distance it was impossible to' one of the children to church with
say whether the terrible com
motion was caused by the explosion of pop or by pure unadulterated irish oaths.
me." The Maid—"Yes'm." Mrs. de
Style—"Which orie will go best with
my new purple gown?"—Boston Transcript.
NOTICE
The new Institute An =
nual No. 24 can be had
free of charge by calling
at the Journal office.
Virtue Little Thought Of.
The whole world admires and applauds physical courage, but moral
courage, which is ten times harder to
display, excites no plaudits, but rather scorn.
spent Wednesday evening at
Weiland's.
James and Charlie Johnson attended the dance at George
Swanson's Saturday.
A dance was given at Emil
Zimbrick's last Saturday.
H. Weiland was at the county
seat Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Weiland and
filter Ella, were Sui
visitors at H. Timm's of Belle
Prairie.
H. | right?" "Yes. but I wish you could
have heard the positive way he said
it."
Authors Interested?
A new society has been organized
In France under the title "The League
Against the Lending of Books." It
is asserted that the movement is really in the interest of authors, as every
borrower may be considered as one
W^SMS^S^SMS^S^S^S^S^S^S^^S^S^S^^M
I strange land. He is locomotive
Theo. Kobilka and wife of
Taconite, Minn, visited relatives in Pierz and Little Fails
during the past week. He is a
son of Mr, and Mrs. John Kobilka of South Pierz; his wife is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Medved of Little Kalis.
Theodore spent his childhood
days in Pierz, but says he is almost a stranger here in a
Be Comprehensive.
"Talk to the point, and stop when
you have reached it. Be comprehensive in all you say or write. To
fill a volume about nothing is a credit
to nobody."—John Neal.
Severe Indictment.
Callous greed of certain Individuals
ls responsible for the loss of more
lives in Great Britain than its enemies have ever inflicted in the sever-
sst war.—Lloyd-George.
Gil >n called ai
land's Tuesday morning.
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THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
he t. >>n. I, old
Statesmen and Politicians.
A statesman is merely a politician
with whom we agree. Neither is necessarily a leader of progress. Both
are flies on the wheel, and we honor
them in direct proportion to their riding ability.—Life.
Only True Nobility.
There ls nothing noble in being su-
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ perior to some other men. The true
engineer on the Duluth, Mesaba nobility is being superior to your pre-
I'lix
1'aiiey ....
live
Oats,
Fat- i it-i,...
ilav
I!;: ler, Orel
-I
','4
1.90
9.1
80
40
£0
s.e io
mery 37
Obvious.
We do not pretend to be much of
a mind-reader, but when we see a lady
hurrying downtown with a $10 bill in
one hand and an advertisement in the
other we know that she is thinking of
doing some shopping.
Dairy 25
25
Flour, Rest J.00
, , Straight 2.90
Pototi C6 SO
s 2 40
Hogs 5 50
Cows 3.00
Calves fie
s ers '■>'•■.
Union..... 75. to $.00
Only Occasionally.
Occasionally one meets a man who
is so sure of his own importance that
he can, without feeling the slightest
embarrassment, wear a tall hat in
the presence of his employer.
and Northern Railway.
Eller went Lo
id Thursday to visit h *r
brother Paul, and friends.
The deep frost has put a number of the pipes leading from
tlie village mains, out of use.
Jake Neisius, Prank Paust,
Hoheisel, Hernia-! Koering
; he Columbia Hotel, have
using weli water for several weeks. The village is making an attempt to thaw the ice
out with steam. I
vious self.—Hindoo Proverb.
Always There Ahead of Time.
"I owe all my success in life to
having been always a quarter of an
hour beforehand."—Lord Nelson.
South Agram
A surprise party was held at
the home of Fred Sporlein.
Those who were present are:
J.J. Brummer and family. Jos.
Gruber and family, Prank Kan-
del, Thomas Tneser and wife,
Hary Vorath, Mary Kastanek,
John, Lily and Anna Hesch. Peter Thommes and family, John
Eidenshink and family, August
Meyer and family, Anton Meyer,
John Nagel and family, John
Neisius and family, John Kippley and family, Theresa Meier,
John Stumpf, Mary Molitor,
Prank Boehm and son Frank,
and Frank Otremba boys. At
j midnight a good supper was
served to all. All enjoyed a
a good time.
Pred Sporlein was in Pierz
Wednesday.
Carl Rastetter and family,
Math and Walter Sporlein, and
Casper Thommes called at the
J. J. Brummer home Sunday.
Mr.John Kippley and wife
called at the Herman Froelich
home Friday.
Frank Boehm was in Pierz
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kippley
and son Frank were in Little
Falls Thursday.
We are now getting pretty
lively in this corner of Agram.
RUCKER
Wesley Waller spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday with
friends in Oramia.
Lawrence Kramer writes, that
he will be back so< n.
The Leap year dance at Adkins' Saturday night, was very
well attended. A big time was
reported. Mr. Adkins always
shows us a good time, but this
time, the Llcl that the girls did
the ushering, helped quite a bit.
H. Ferguson went to Onamia
Friday, returning Saturday.
G. W. Waller and family,
Miss Lewis. Mrs. J. R. Taylor
and Donald, attended the dance
at Adkins'. The party took
supper with the Martin family,
at Sullivan Lake.
Mrs. Hans Johnson, who has*
been on the sick list, is now
much better.
"Professor" Waller,
nee.
NGiFE.
Dr. E. L. fiawes the
Romance and Fiction. Dentist will be at BUCK =
When a very rich man marries a «.»■ «-. . _a,,
very poor girl, that's romance. When J lA1N on reoruary -.Ot.1.
a very rich girl marries a very poor A_t PIERZ Oil February
man, that's fiction.—Galveston News. _ _ ,, , „ _ . .
29th, and flarch 'st.
Had a Practical Mind.
An English Sabbath school teacher
was laboring away on the subject of
eternal punishment. One small girl
sat so entranced by her lurid descrip- . ,<_■_---------------------------------------■
tiona of fire and brimstone that the-'/G. W. ), made a trip to Onamia
teacher w-as much encouraged until 'Friday. He talks of purchasing
transfixed by the explanatory question ' an automobile, from a gentle-
of: "Please, teacher, what becomes of
all the smoke?" man at that place.
■ George and Jim Johnson
Frohman Knew. drove to Pierz Monday.
It was reported to Charles Froh- :
man that one of his most prosperous
male stars was in a fair way of get- j
ting married. "I don't believe it,"
answered the manager, who is him
FOR SALE
thicket made him shudder
grow sick at heart. The n
drifted that driving
slow, and death stared him in
the face with both c
He knew oi that d<
in hi- meant a sure and
ly heating up. but he
dreaded the thought that his
young and fair farm should In-
found in a snowdrift. The
Kic welkin spirit coursing
through his veins finally made
him imagine it was the fourth
of July: and so real did this
Fourth appear, that when he a-
woke at Math Thommes' bridge,
he was so warmed up that be
had '■ iff his ir
Buckman
John Tetiva and Hill Benevita
of Royalton transacted business
in our village Monday.
Frank Heigl drove to Rice on
business Monday.
<'has. Windier was a visitor
at the Wei ling home Sunday.
Peter Denzen and wife visited
at the A-A. Hesch home Sunday.
Mrs. Martin Bechtel of St.
Joseph and Mrs. John Waltz of
Graham were visitors at the
John Dehler home Tuesday.
Those that were at the party
held at Peter Mueller's Sunday
evening are: Ed. Hortch, Anna,
Nick*, Peter and Paul Mueller,
Alois Weissbrich, Frank and
Wm. Sitzman, Peter and Henry
Brausen and John Holm. The
evening was spent in playing
card ; and other games.
John Vosen left lor Devils
Lake, N. D., where In* will rent
a farm for next summer.
Joseph Hortsch was a county
seat visitor Thursday.
Lena Windier of Little Palls
is out here in Buckman on a two
weeks' visit with her brothers
Chas. and John.
Olivie and Jane Foster, who
are employed in Royalton, were
here on a short visit with their
mother, Mrs. Math Poster, the
first part of the week.
Emil Ka' 1 is employed at Sam
Dubial's this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kelzenber
were visitors at Mrs. John Sitzman's home Sunday.
Annie Kelzenberg, who |
visiting with her uncle in New
Pierz, returned home Prid
Ig. Ronellenfitsch made al
business trip to Royalton Sunday.
turned from Little Falls Sunday. They had been there on a
short visit with their daughter
Mrs. Jos. Seifert.
John Mueller made a busi
trip to the Twin Cities Wednesday.
Shocking Sounds
fore a terribl. earthquake, that
of the coaling peril. Nature's warn
ings are kind.That dull pain or
in the back warns yo
'1
those dangerous maladies. Di
Diabetes or Bright's disease. Ta.lv
I
ache fly and all your be-
"My son '*!il
One Mare 7 years Old, ! from their use for Kidney and bl I
sell* a confirmed single man; "he will weight 1500 pounds. itrout>,e-" wri,es Peter Bondy .
escape; he was always a good fight- _-,. .. .. | Ro.kwood, Mich.,"It is certainly
er." j Write Or Cali. great kidney medicine." Tryil
, 34=2 IM. A. Ziegler'-B-** Kaliher-

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 3.
■e^UHHHHHHHHHHHHH
no. :;n called ai
land's Tuesday morning.
\V, i -
THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
he t. >>n. I, old
Statesmen and Politicians.
A statesman is merely a politician
with whom we agree. Neither is necessarily a leader of progress. Both
are flies on the wheel, and we honor
them in direct proportion to their riding ability.—Life.
Only True Nobility.
There ls nothing noble in being su-
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ perior to some other men. The true
engineer on the Duluth, Mesaba nobility is being superior to your pre-
I'lix
1'aiiey ....
live
Oats,
Fat- i it-i,...
ilav
I!;: ler, Orel
-I
','4
1.90
9.1
80
40
£0
s.e io
mery 37
Obvious.
We do not pretend to be much of
a mind-reader, but when we see a lady
hurrying downtown with a $10 bill in
one hand and an advertisement in the
other we know that she is thinking of
doing some shopping.
Dairy 25
25
Flour, Rest J.00
, , Straight 2.90
Pototi C6 SO
s 2 40
Hogs 5 50
Cows 3.00
Calves fie
s ers '■>'•■.
Union..... 75. to $.00
Only Occasionally.
Occasionally one meets a man who
is so sure of his own importance that
he can, without feeling the slightest
embarrassment, wear a tall hat in
the presence of his employer.
and Northern Railway.
Eller went Lo
id Thursday to visit h *r
brother Paul, and friends.
The deep frost has put a number of the pipes leading from
tlie village mains, out of use.
Jake Neisius, Prank Paust,
Hoheisel, Hernia-! Koering
; he Columbia Hotel, have
using weli water for several weeks. The village is making an attempt to thaw the ice
out with steam. I
vious self.—Hindoo Proverb.
Always There Ahead of Time.
"I owe all my success in life to
having been always a quarter of an
hour beforehand."—Lord Nelson.
South Agram
A surprise party was held at
the home of Fred Sporlein.
Those who were present are:
J.J. Brummer and family. Jos.
Gruber and family, Prank Kan-
del, Thomas Tneser and wife,
Hary Vorath, Mary Kastanek,
John, Lily and Anna Hesch. Peter Thommes and family, John
Eidenshink and family, August
Meyer and family, Anton Meyer,
John Nagel and family, John
Neisius and family, John Kippley and family, Theresa Meier,
John Stumpf, Mary Molitor,
Prank Boehm and son Frank,
and Frank Otremba boys. At
j midnight a good supper was
served to all. All enjoyed a
a good time.
Pred Sporlein was in Pierz
Wednesday.
Carl Rastetter and family,
Math and Walter Sporlein, and
Casper Thommes called at the
J. J. Brummer home Sunday.
Mr.John Kippley and wife
called at the Herman Froelich
home Friday.
Frank Boehm was in Pierz
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kippley
and son Frank were in Little
Falls Thursday.
We are now getting pretty
lively in this corner of Agram.
RUCKER
Wesley Waller spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday with
friends in Oramia.
Lawrence Kramer writes, that
he will be back so< n.
The Leap year dance at Adkins' Saturday night, was very
well attended. A big time was
reported. Mr. Adkins always
shows us a good time, but this
time, the Llcl that the girls did
the ushering, helped quite a bit.
H. Ferguson went to Onamia
Friday, returning Saturday.
G. W. Waller and family,
Miss Lewis. Mrs. J. R. Taylor
and Donald, attended the dance
at Adkins'. The party took
supper with the Martin family,
at Sullivan Lake.
Mrs. Hans Johnson, who has*
been on the sick list, is now
much better.
"Professor" Waller,
nee.
NGiFE.
Dr. E. L. fiawes the
Romance and Fiction. Dentist will be at BUCK =
When a very rich man marries a «.»■ «-. . _a,,
very poor girl, that's romance. When J lA1N on reoruary -.Ot.1.
a very rich girl marries a very poor A_t PIERZ Oil February
man, that's fiction.—Galveston News. _ _ ,, , „ _ . .
29th, and flarch 'st.
Had a Practical Mind.
An English Sabbath school teacher
was laboring away on the subject of
eternal punishment. One small girl
sat so entranced by her lurid descrip- . ,,e-" wri,es Peter Bondy .
escape; he was always a good fight- _-,. .. .. | Ro.kwood, Mich.,"It is certainly
er." j Write Or Cali. great kidney medicine." Tryil
, 34=2 IM. A. Ziegler'-B-** Kaliher-